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weatherboarded Old Granary are joined by discreet later ranges, including Dixon Jones's award-winning study centre of 1994, with gardens spilling onto two islands in the Cam.\n\nNearby on foot · West **Find Darwin College and the closest colleges.**\n\nExplore around Darwin College\n\n The map will load when you reach it.\n\n52.2006°N, 0.1136°W [Get directions]()\n\nOn the same walk\n\n### Closest to\n*this one.*\n\n[2 min walk **Ridley Hall** West]()[2 min walk **Queens' College** Central]()[4 min walk **Peterhouse** Central]()[4 min walk **St Catharine's College** Central]()\n\nOn a visit\n\n### Don’t *miss.*\n\n1. 01 Newnham Grange\n2. 02 The Old Granary\n3. 03 The river islands and their small bridges\n4. 04 Views over the Mill Pond\n5. 05 The Dixon Jones study centre from the riverside\n\nConnected to\n\n### Notable\n*names.*\n\n- Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD student and Nobel laureate\n- Dian Fossey, PhD student\n- Eric Maskin, research fellow and Nobel laureate\n- Gwen Raverat, who grew up at Newnham Grange\n- The Darwin family, residents from 1885 to 1963\n\nBefore you go\n\n#### Visiting Darwin College\n\nThe gardens are generally open to the public between 09:00 and 18:00, though the college cannot accommodate commercial tours, groups are admitted only by prior arrangement, picnics are not permitted, and it may close to visitors without notice.\n\nOpening hours, admission and access change often — check the [official site]() before you travel.\n\nFounded\n\n1964\n\nArea\n\nWest — Silver Street\n\nType\n\nCollege\n\nBefore you visit\n\n### Check hours, tickets and access.\n\nCheck opening hours, admission prices and access with the venue before setting off.\n\nUpdated\n\nDate unavailable\n\nBy\n\n[Above Guide Editorial Team]()\n\nUseful links\n\n- [Official site darwin.cam.ac.uk ↗]()\n- [Reference identity en.wikipedia.org ↗]()\n\n[Report a correction]()\n\nKeep exploring\n\n### Where to\n*next.*\n\n[All colleges]()[Neighbourhoods]()[Things to Do]()" }